Every Last Fish

“George’s deep affection and respect for her subjects—fishers and fish—make this a book full of nuance and heart.” – James McConnachie - Sunday Times
“Much of what [George] shares will hit readers like a blast of shoreline wind.… [H]umane and impressively researched.” – Kirkus Reviews
“The scope of George’s book is broad, and many subjects are explored with her characteristic deftness, passion and wit.” – Isaac Nowell - Times Literary Supplement
“Rose George is a fearless and dogged reporter, one of our best. Every Last Fish presents a shocking catch of fishing industry misdeeds: dredging and overfishing, fish-laundering, shipboard slavery. But to call this book an exposé overlooks its word-by-word charms. George writes with heart, heat, and wit. There are heroes here, too, and reasons for hope, and historical characters rendered as vividly as fish tank wrasse (Fishwives! Herring Girls! His Majesty’s Trawlers!). I’ve loved all Rose George’s books, but I think I love this one most.” – Mary Roach, author of Replaceable You
“From fish and chips to slavery at sea, cod-to-human skin grafts to the deadly toll of distant-water fisheries, Rose George’s new book is a penetrating and kaleidoscopic view of the natural world’s most exploited but least understood resource.” – Adam Higginbotham, author of Challenger
“Once again, Rose George, equipped with wide-ranging curiosity and bracing dashes of coruscating humor, takes us on an astoundingly eye-opening journey through the overlooked and everyday—this time the toll, in terms human and pelagic, of our consumption of fish.” – Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic
“It’s hard to imagine creatures more different from us than fish. Yet as Rose George reminds us in this rollicking, often elegiac, account, our fates are intertwined. Every Last Fish deftly captures our shared story through the humans: eccentric, passionate, and trepidatious.” – Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix
“Every Last Fish…is a reminder of how careless we are with our planet’s vanishing bounty of underwater life. It’s a warning of the consequences of such carelessness. But it’s also a story of our beautiful and fascinating underwater worlds and of the sometimes unexpected ways we try not to destroy but to protect them. In other words, as they say, a really good fish story.” – Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Poison Squad
“George has made a specialism of lifting the lid on forces that keep the world turning but we just don’t notice…This brilliant, urgent book might be her most important yet.” – Radio Times
“A must-read for anyone interested in the global food industry, our food supply, the economy, our labor force, or the vastly complicated fishing-industrial complex. It’s book for conservationists, but it’s also for anyone who just wants to know more about the food that we consume.” – Bookreporter.com
“George’s book sustains an important conversation on the challenges faced by marine fisheries.” – Francisco Werner - Science
”[George] adventurously investigates the current plight of sea creatures and the many challenges facing fisherman globally.… Her writing style is a composite of concerned, compassionate, colorful, and even comical.” – Booklist
“Highly recommended for those interested in sustainable practices.” – Library Journal

Rose George is the author of four previous books. She holds a BA in modern languages from Oxford and an MA in international politics from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Yorkshire, UK.

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